natural resources Flashcards

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natural resources

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any natural material that is used by humans such as water petroleum minerals forests and animals

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renewable resource

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a nartual resource that can be replaced aat the same rate which it is consumed

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nonrenewable resources

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a resource that fors at a rate that ismuch slow the it is consumed

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recycling

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the process of recovering valubale or useful materials from waste or scrap reusig

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fossil fuel

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a nnrenwable energy resource formed frm the remains of an orginism

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petroleum

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a liquid mixture of commmplex hydrocarbon copounds used widly as a fuel sourcs

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natural gas

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a mixture of gaseous hydrocarbn located under the surraface of the earht used for fuel

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coal

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a fossil fuel that forms underground fro partilly decomposed plant meterial

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acid precipitation

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precipitation such as rain sleet or snow that contains a high concertartion of aids

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smog

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photochemical haze that forms when sunlight acts on industrial polluctats an dburnng fuel

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nuclear energy

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the energy released by a fission r fusion reaction bthe binding eergy of the atom nuclear

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chemical energy

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the energy released when a chemical compound reacts to produce new compound

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solar energy

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the energy received by the earht from the sun in the form of radiation

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wind power

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used of windmill to drive an electric generator

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hydroelectric energy

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electrial energy produced by falling water

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biomass

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organic matter that can be a source of energy

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gasohol

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a mixture of gasoline ans acohol that is used as a fuel

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geothermal energy

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the energy produced by the heat withing= the earth